The Odyssey Book 13 to 22

How does Athena disguise Odysseus so he can return to Ithaca without being recognized by the suitors?

• an old beggar

• the Greek god Apollo

• a dog

• a maid-servant

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Who does Odysseus appear to in Ithaca without disguise?

• Telemachus

• Penelope

• Argos

• Melanthius

Who does the disguised Odysseus and Telemachus encounter on the way to town?

• a bully named Melanthius

• a suitor named Talos

• an apostle named Saul

• a southbound Yeti

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What character actually recognizes Odysseus when he returns to Ithaca?

• his dog Argos

• his son Telemachus

• his wife Penelope

• a bully named Melanthius

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Who taunts and throws a footstool at the disguised Odysseus?

• Antinous

• Penelope

• Poseidon

• Hercules

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Who is able to identify Odysseus by a scar on his knee?

• an old nurse Euryclia

• a maidservant Melantho

• his dog Argos

• his wife Penelope

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What is the first task Penelope challenges the suitors to complete?

• to string Odysseus's bow

• to clean the Augean stables

• to shoot an arrow through axe handles

• to engage in Greco-Roman wrestling

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What is the second task that the suitors must complete to earn Penelope's hand in marriage?

• shoot an arrow through the handles of 12 axes

• shoot the apple off of Penelope's head

• string Odysseus's bow

• mover her husband's bed

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Believing she may never be reunited with her husband, what does Penelope pray for?

• death

• forgiveness

• solace

• her husband

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Who nearly strings Odysseus's bow?

• Telemachus

• Antinous

• Eurymachus

• Argos